497 1 d497.htm PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Prospectus Supplement

PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Institutional and Administrative Class Shares Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Floating Income, GNMA, Low Duration, Low Duration II, Low Duration III, Moderate Duration, Real Return, Real Return II, Short Duration Municipal Income, Short-Term and Total Return Mortgage Funds    7 days
California Intermediate Municipal Bond, California Municipal Bond, Convertible, Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, European Convertible, Foreign Bond (Unhedged), Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (Unhedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), High Yield, Investment Grade Corporate Bond, Long-Term U.S. Government, Municipal Bond, New York Municipal Bond and StocksPLUS Funds    30 days

 

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).


Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with


taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Strategic Markets Prospectus for Institutional and Administrative Class Shares Dated November 24, 2005

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

All Asset, All Asset All Authority, CommodityRealReturn Strategy, Real Return Asset, RealEstateRealReturn Strategy, StocksPLUS Municipal-Backed, StocksPLUS TR Short Strategy and StocksPLUS Total Return Funds    30 days
European StocksPLUS TR Strategy, Far East (ex-Japan) StocksPLUS TR Strategy, International StocksPLUS TR Strategy and Japanese StocksPLUS TR Strategy Funds    60 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor.


Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a


redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference

 

 


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Institutional and Administrative Class Shares of the PIMCO Total Return Funds

Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Total Return, Total Return II and Total Return III Funds    7 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other


short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’


shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class A, B and C Shares of the PIMCO Bond Funds Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004 and December 22, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Floating Income, GNMA, Low Duration, Short-Term and Total Return Mortgage Funds    7 days
Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (Unhedged), Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), Global Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), High Yield, Investment Grade Corporate Bond and Long-Term U.S. Government Funds    30 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor.


Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a


redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class D Shares of the PIMCO Bond Funds Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Floating Income, GNMA, Low Duration, Short-Term, Total Return and Total Return Mortgage Funds    7 days
Diversified Income, Emerging Markets Bond, Foreign Bond (Unhedged), Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), High Yield and Investment Grade Corporate Bond Funds    30 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor.


Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a


redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class A, B and C Shares of the PIMCO Total Return Fund Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of the Fund will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within 7 days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Fund to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Fund in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Fund may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Fund will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Fund may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and


financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to the Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Fund to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Fund’s use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Fund.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Fund has elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Fund, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.

 

Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Fund’s shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Fund, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class A, B and C Shares of the Real Return Strategy and IndexPLUS Funds

Dated November 24, 2004

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Real Return    7 days
All Asset, CommodityRealReturn Strategy, RealEstateRealReturn Strategy, StocksPLUS and StocksPLUS Total Return Funds    30 days
International StocksPLUS TR Strategy Fund    60 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.


The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.


Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class A, B and C Shares of the Municipal Bond Funds Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004 and December 22, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Short Duration Municipal Income Fund    7 days
California Intermediate Municipal Bond, California Municipal Bond, Municipal Bond and New York Municipal Bond Funds    30 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.

 

The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the


sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.


Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class D Shares of the Municipal Bond Funds Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004 and December 22, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Short Duration Municipal Income Fund    7 days
California Intermediate Municipal Bond, California Municipal Bond, Municipal Bond and New York Municipal Bond Funds    30 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.


The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.


Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class D Shares of the Real Return Strategy and IndexPLUS Funds Dated November 24, 2004

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Real Return Fund    7 days
All Asset, CommodityRealReturn Strategy, RealEstateRealReturn Strategy, StocksPLUS and StocksPLUS Total Return Funds    30 days
International StocksPLUS TR Strategy Fund    60 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.


The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.


Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference


PIMCO FUNDS: PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERIES

 

Supplement Dated March 10, 2005 to the

Prospectus for Class R Shares Dated October 1, 2004

(as supplemented November 24, 2004 and December 22, 2004)

 

Effective April 1, 2005, the prospectus is supplemented by replacing the subsection entitled “Redemption Fees” of the section entitled “Purchases, Redemptions and Exchanges” with the following:

 

Redemption Fees

 

Shareholders of each Fund listed below will be subject to a Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges equal to 2.00% of the net asset value of Fund shares redeemed or exchanged (based on the total redemption proceeds after any applicable deferred sales charges) within a certain number of days after their acquisition (by purchase or exchange).

 

The following table indicates the applicable holding period for each Fund. Shares redeemed or exchanged before the expiration of the holding period will be subject to the Redemption Fee.

 

Fund


   Holding Period(1)

Low Duration, Real Return, Short-Term and Total Return Funds    7 days
Foreign Bond (U.S. Dollar-Hedged), High Yield and StocksPLUS Funds    30 days

(1) With respect to any acquisition of shares, the holding period commences on the day of acquisition. A new holding period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange.

 

In cases where redeeming shareholders hold shares acquired on different dates, the first-in/first-out (“FIFO”) method will be used to determine which shares are being redeemed, and therefore whether a Redemption Fee is payable. Redemption Fees are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange and are paid to the applicable Fund for the purpose of offsetting any costs associated with short-term trading, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. In cases where redemptions are processed through financial intermediaries, there may be a delay between the time the shareholder redeems his or her shares and the payment of the Redemption Fee to the Fund, depending upon such financial intermediaries’ trade processing procedures and systems. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales charges.

 

A new time period begins with each acquisition of shares through a purchase or exchange. For example, for Funds with a seven day holding period, a series of transactions in which shares of Fund A are exchanged for shares of Fund B four days after the purchase of the Fund A shares, followed four days later by an exchange of the Fund B shares for shares of Fund C, will be subject to two Redemption Fees (one on each exchange).

 

Redemption Fees are not paid separately, but are deducted from the amount to be received in connection with a redemption or exchange. Redemption Fees are paid to and retained by the Funds to defray certain costs described below and are not paid to or retained by PIMCO or the Distributor. Redemption Fees are not sales loads or contingent deferred sales loads. Redemption and exchange of shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions are not subject to Redemption Fees.


The purpose of Redemption Fees is to deter excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices as described under “Abusive Trading Practices” and to help offset the costs associated with the sale of portfolio securities to satisfy redemption and exchange requests made by “market timers” and other short-term shareholders, thereby insulating longer-term shareholders from such costs. The amount of a Redemption Fee represents PIMCO’s estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be incurred by the Funds in connection with the purchase or sale of portfolio securities associated with an investor’s redemption of exchange.

 

Limitations on the Assessment of Redemption Fees. The Funds may not be able to impose and/or collect the Redemption Fee in certain circumstances. For example, the Funds will not be able to collect the Redemption Fee on redemptions and exchanges by shareholders who invest through a retirement plan or through certain financial intermediaries (for example, through broker-dealer omnibus accounts or through a recordkeeping organization) that have not agreed to assess or collect the Redemption Fee from such shareholders, or that have not agreed to provide the information necessary for the Funds to impose the Redemption Fee on such shareholders or do not currently have the capability to assess or collect the Redemption Fee. The Funds may nonetheless continue to effect share transactions for such shareholders and financial intermediaries. By their nature, omnibus accounts, in which purchases and sales of Fund shares by multiple investors are aggregated for presentation to a Fund on a net basis, conceal the identity of the individual investors from the Fund. This makes it more difficult for the Funds to identify short-term transactions in the Funds, and makes assessment of the Redemption Fee on transactions effected through such accounts impractical without the assistance of the financial intermediary. Due to these limitations on the assessment of the Redemption Fee, the Funds’ use of Redemption Fees may not successfully eliminate excessive short-term trading in shares of the Funds.

 

Waivers of Redemption Fees. In the following situations, the Funds have elected not to impose the Redemption Fee:

 

    redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions;

 

    certain types of redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares owned through participant-directed retirement plans (see below for details);

 

    redemptions or exchanges in discretionary asset allocation or wrap programs (“wrap programs”) that are initiated by the sponsor of the program as part of a periodic rebalancing, provided that such rebalancing occurs no more frequently than quarterly;

 

    redemptions or exchanges in a wrap program that are made as a result of a full withdrawal from the wrap program or as part of a systematic withdrawal plan;

 

    involuntary redemptions, such as those resulting from a shareholder’s failure to maintain a minimum investment in the Funds, or to pay shareholder fees;

 

    redemptions and exchanges effected by other mutual funds that are sponsored by PIMCO or its affiliates; and

 

    otherwise as PIMCO or the Trust may determine in their sole discretion.

 

Applicability of Redemption Fees in Certain Defined Contribution Plans. Redemption fees will not apply to the following transactions in participant-directed retirement plans (such as 401(k), 403(b), 457 and Keogh plans): 1) where the shares being redeemed were purchased with new contributions to the plan (e.g., payroll contributions, employer contributions, loan repayments); 2) redemptions made in connection with taking out a loan from the plan; 3) redemptions in connection with death, disability, hardship withdrawals, or Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; 4) redemptions made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan; 5) redemptions made by a defined contribution plan in connection with a termination or restructuring of the plan or 6) redemptions made in connection with a participant’s termination of employment. Redemption fees generally will apply to other participant-directed redemptions and exchanges. For example, if a participant exchanges shares of Fund A that were purchased with new contributions, into Fund B, a redemption fee would not apply to that exchange. However, any subsequent participant-directed exchange of those shares from Fund B into Fund A or another fund may be subject to redemption fees, depending upon the holding period and subject to the exceptions described in this paragraph.


Retirement plan sponsors, participant recordkeeping organizations and other financial intermediaries may also impose their own restrictions, limitations or fees in connection with transactions in the Funds’ shares, which may be stricter than those described in this section. You should contact your plan sponsor, recordkeeper or financial intermediary for more information on any differences in how the redemption fee is applied to your investments in the Funds, and whether any additional restrictions, limitations or fees are imposed in connection with transactions in Fund shares.

 

The Trust may eliminate or modify the waivers enumerated above at any time, in its sole discretion. Shareholders will receive 60 days’ notice of any material changes to the Redemption Fee, unless otherwise provided by law.

 

Investors Should Retain this Supplement for Future Reference